The Basement Doctor of Cincinnati Before & After Photos

We installed slab piers for this home in Winchester, Ohio, in order to level out the sunken flooring. You can note the gap between the floor and the baseboard in the before picture, and how the gap closed in the after picture. We use slab piers in order to permanently stabilize the slab by connecting the slab to load bearing-soil found deep below the house. We can then raise the piers in order to raise the slab back to where it was when it was originally poured. We then fill the voids left from raising the slab with our expansive PolyLevel foam. The result is a floor that won't ever settle again for this slab foundation home.

Many homes in the Hillsboro, OH area have been affected by drought conditions, which can cause the soil beneath foundations to shrink and settle. At this home, the back porch had begun to sink as soil erosion and drought-related shrinkage left inadequate support beneath the structure. To permanently stabilize the porch and help prevent further settlement, we installed foundation piers to underpin and support the foundation. We would later conceal the piers with a soil backfill process shortly after capturing the "after" photo seen attached to this project. 

This homeowner in Leesburg, Ohio needed an upgrade for their old, unreliable sump pump that couldn’t keep up during heavy rains. The existing system had only one pump, so if it failed or lost power, water could easily back up into the basement. We replaced it with our TripleSafe Sump Pump System, which offers three layers of protection for total peace of mind. The primary pump handles everyday drainage, a secondary pump automatically activates if the first one can’t keep up, and a third, battery-powered pump provides backup protection during power outages. With this system in place, the homeowner now has a fully reliable waterproofing solution that keeps their basement dry no matter the weather.

This crawl space was in need of a vapor barrier, combined with a new waterproofing system. We installed CleanSpace matting and drainage, as well as a Ultra Sump 4. SilverGlo insulation was installed as well, which well help this customer save money on energy bills. 

The owner of this home in Greenfield, OH, gave us a call to fix their basement which had, "two block walls being pushed in by built up groundwater outside of the basement." To repair the basement, we installed a full waterproofing system that wrapped around the entire perimeter, and we installed a wall bracing system along the two structurally damaged walls. This before and after photo set reveals a small portion of the scope of the entire repair work, but the after photo does contain the two main components of the full system: The two steel PowerBraces that run vertically up the wall will stop the wall from shifting inwards and the WaterGuard subfloor drainage system, (concealed underneath the newly floated concrete) will drain water to the unpictured sump pump, eliminating the high water table around the home as well as leaks.